Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Fanchang Co., Wuhu, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 216823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fanchang Co., Wuhu, Anhui, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Changlongshan Fe Deposit
Taochong Fe Deposit

Latitude: 31°7'59"N
Longitude: 118°0'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.133055555556,118.01638888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tremolite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Garnet None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	37124,37125	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	37124	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37124	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37124,37125	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37124	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	37125	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37124	7437
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	37124	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	37124,37125	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	37124,37125	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37124	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	37124,37125	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	37124,37125	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37124	6417
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37124	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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